Ezekiel 36:22
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Therefore say unto the house of Israel,.... This is an order to the prophet, the son of man, Eze 36:17,
thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel; what he hereafter…
When God promised the poor captives a glorious return, in due time, to their own land, it was a great discouragement to their hopes that they were unworthy, utterly unworthy, of such a favour;…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
do notthis for your sakes Not for what Israel has been or deserved. The ref. is to Israel's past history; such a meaning as that it is not for any interest which he has in Israel or in order to…
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